Daughter Of Madness [Kid X Fem!Chrona]

Knight in Dark Armor

"Shinigami-sama!" Someone from the mirror cheered. "The Kishen has fallen!" Lord Death halted his pacing. "The clowns have started to die off, we've finally got the upper hand." One by one, the clowns were reaped, their faux souls curling up like paper. For the first time in hundreds of years, Claudia's magic was fading.

"Finish off the clowns," he ordered, "then call everyone back." With the immediate threat addressed, they needed to regroup. He could see how tired his men were, despite the celebration.

"Yes sir!"

"Finally, there's a light at the end of the tunnel." Shinigami sighed. "I just hope Kid's O.K." Azusa barely nodded in agreement. Despite the report of Asura's death, the level of madness in the world had only dropped minutely. She didn't have the heart to tell him this. It had been too long since Lord Death had something to look forward to.

-8-0-8-

"You did it Kid!" Liz cheered. "I can't believe you actually did it!"

"That was totally awesome!" Patty giggled. The twin guns jumped for joy in each other's arms.

"And stupid!" Liz tore away from her sister to punch Kid in the arm. "You could have been killed. But you didn't, and he's dead-" Kid held Asura's soul in his hand, his stare vacant. It seemed, without a body, all of Asura's power was trapped in that tiny sphere. The oppressive air in the cave was slowly lifting.

"I totally didn't see that coming!" Patty jumped up and down, reenacting the battle. "You were all GRR! And he was all RAWR! And then you went BOOM! And he was all NOO!" Kid slowly turned. "And then you won! High five!" Calmly, he walked past the excited guns, soul in hand.

"Kid, are you alright?" Liz asked, but he continued to ignore them and left the cave. "I don't think you should be touching that thing for that long." Liz jogged ahead to match his pace.

"Yeah, what's up?" Patty pointed in the opposite direction. "The air ship's that'a way."

"I'm waiting." Kid finally spoke. The two girls looked at each other, equally concerned.

"Well then," Liz said, "let's go wait with the others. Your father's going to give his next orders... Oh no." She followed Kid's stare to the starlit sky. Luminous dust was blown away from them as black wings flapped to a halt.

"Hello again." Chrona dropped inelegantly in front of them.

-8-0-8-

Though completely dissolved, Noah could still salvage the pieces of the destroys Kishen's body if he could just get to them in time.

"Wait here." Noah whispered. He dropped Gopher onto the ground. She fell in a heap on the floor. Her sudden collision with the ground startled him. He glanced to see her motionless on the floor. "Hey, hey wake up." But she didn't stir, she had lost too much blood. Wrath looked back to the pile of what used to be the Kishen and growled. "You owe me big kid." He picked her up and used a page of Eibon to leave the moon. He'd deal with the aftermath later.

-8-0-8-

Madness was a funny thing. Kid could tell he was acting differently, but it didn't feel as negative as everyone made it seem. He could see everything with clarity, his movements were his own. But the things he had once worried and cared about, didn't seem to matter as much. Death is not something that can be reasoned with or bargained with, it ends all things. In due time, those living would come to understand this as he did.

"You have something I need." Chrona said. She could tell he was far from hostile, though the change in appearance was mildly alarming. Thin strips of black were painted down his lips, his clothes wild and tattered at the end, and the lines in his hair stayed connected. He held out the Kishen soul to her with lifeless eyes.